Chaabi (Morocco)
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Chaabi (lit. "popular"[1]) refers to several types of popular music of Morocco, combining rural and urban folk music.[2][3]
The genre started out as street music performed in squares and souks, and can be heard in cafés, at restaurants and at weddings.[2]
Rural varieties include Jerra and al-Aïta (lit. "the cry"[4]).
Several artists performing this genre are known, such as Hajib, Abdelaziz Stati, Najat Aatabou, Saïd Senhaji and Khalid Bennani.
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